Timeline: Key events in Jade Goody's life

Jade Goody lived her last months in the public eye with every step of her struggle with cancer being played out in front of the nation.

August 2008:

Jade undergoes a test at an Essex hospital after mysterious collapse. A warts and all documentary capturing her life is filmed for Living TV

August 17 2008:

She enters the Bigg Boss house, the Indian version of Celebrity Big Brother

August 19 2008:

Breaks down in tears as she is diagnosed with cervical cancer in the diary room of Bigg Boss

September 2008:

Releases second autobiography - Jade: Catch a Falling Star - as Jack Tweed is given an 18-month jail sentence after being convicted of attacking a 16-year-old boy with a golf club

January 2009:

Jade speaks about losing her hair to chemotherapy before Tweed is released early from jail

February 3 2009:

She receives the news her cancer has spread and tumours have been found in her liver, bowel and groin. Undergoes emergency surgery three days later to remove a 'golf ball-sized' tumour

February 7 2009:

She vows to continue to give interviews and appear in a reality television show as she battles her illness. Publicist Max Clifford says media appearances, including the reality show following her life, help Jade cope with her illness

February 14 2009:

After being told she has just months to live, Jade announces plans to marry Tweed. He had proposed to her on the eve of Valentine's Day at her hospital bedside.

Days later, the couple visit Harrods where the reality TV star picks out a 'beautiful' wedding dress, a gift from the store's owner Mohamed Al Fayed

Jade and Jack first met in 2005 and had an on-off relationship until their marriage this year

February 18 2009:

Jade is expected to earn close to £1million from the television and magazine rights to her wedding after finalising deals with OK! magazine and Living TV.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown wishes her well as she leaves hospital to prepare for her big day

February 20 2009:

The Ministry of Justice says the terms of Jack Tweed's curfew, imposed following his release from prison, will be changed to reflect the 'exceptional' circumstances during the weekend ceremony

February 21 2009:

Jade jokes over her hair loss as she poses with friends wearing comic skull caps on the eve of her wedding

February 22 2009:

Her wedding takes place at Down Hall County House Hotel in Hatfield Heath, Essex. Among the 200 guests were television personalities Richard Madeley, Judy Finnigan and Paul O'Grady.

Mr Clifford describes it as 'a wonderful day. A dream day. A day of laughter and tears'

Despite her illness, Jade mustered enough energy to enjoy her wedding to the max

February 27 2009:

Jade goes into a hospice after suffering hallucinations from drugs administered at her home. The star is admitted to St Clare's Hospice near Harlow in Essex

March 1 2009:

The star returns to the Royal Marsden Hospital, in Fulham, south west London, to relieve her 'awful pain'

March 2 2009:

Jade undergoes an operation at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital to relieve pain in her bowel. She is transferred to the hospital after being admitted to the Royal Marsden Hospital, in Fulham, south west London

March 3 2009:

Jack Tweed's lawyer tells a court Jade has been given less than four weeks to live.

The 21-year-old was convicted of assaulting a taxi driver, an allegation he denied, at Epping Magistrates' Court and will be sentenced on March 26

Jade and Jack's wedding was televised for Living TV

March 6 2009:

Mr Clifford says the planned christening ceremony with her two boys will be held at the chapel of the Royal Marsden Hospital. It had originally been planned to hold a church service but it was decided Goody was too ill to attend

March 7 2009:

Jade says a 'final farewell' to some of her closest family and friends as she is christened.

Jade's two sons Bobby, 5, and Freddie, 4, were also christened with their mother during what Mr Clifford describes as a 'very short and emotional service' at the Royal Marsden Hospital

March 11 2009:

Jade returns home to spend her final days with 'all those who are close to her'

She looks frail as she leaves the Royal Marsden Hospital, in London, accompanied by her husband, Jack Tweed, 21. But Mr Clifford says Jade is 'thrilled' to be back at her home in Upshire, Essex